The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A BELGIUM MAN is reported to have had his
hearing return during a ballooning trip.
SEVERAL TOWNS in Illinois and Ohio are sink
ing wells as means of tiding over the water
famine.
Two LARGE FARMS in North Hants, England,
have just been let rent free, the only conditions
being that the buildings are to be maintained
and the land properly cultivated, ana the
tenants are to pay tithes, rates and taxes
Two MExIcANs tried to learn whether gun
was loaded. One of them held a lighted can
die near the nipple while the other blew down
the barrel to see If the flame would be stirred.
The gun went off and blew out the brains OF the
man at the muZzle.
A LITTLE DOG ran in front of a horse at Read
ing, Pa, the other day, and the horse stepped
on it., hnrting it severely. Immediately the
horse stopped, and bending his head, licked the
suffering dog and Weighed softly as though
troubled at the accident.
On HALLOWEEN the students in Pennsyl-
vania college connected tin horns with the steam
radiators in their room, and at a given signal
turned on the steam. All the region was in de.
spar until it occurred TO the Jamtor 10 smut OH
the steam in the basement
ST. LOUIS alone expects to purchase about
81, OO0, 900 worth of barley from Canada this
season for brewing purposes, the crop having
fallen Sh TT in Iowa. Wisconsin and Minnesota,
the principal barley producing States in this
country. The Canada barley is used mostly Tor
bottled beer.
A PoLIcEMAN's STICK, made Of hard rose
wood sheathed in rubber, is the invention of a
Chicago man. 1t is described as a patent hui
name club" with which man can be knocked
down without seriously hurting him, and which
will protect the officer, as, when graSped the
rubber will be drawn off.
A RocKIAND (ME.) PAPER tells the story that a
Rockland lime vessel. being followed by big
shark on a recent trip one of the crew, after
the fish had been feeding on garbage thrown
overheard, took a big lump of lime and threw IL
at the fish, which gulped it down instantly. The
lime at once began to Slake and the shark
thrashed about In terrible agony and finally
died.
A GALLOWAY COW next season is TO make her
home on the top of Pixies Peak She will be the
highest COW on earth. stable will be built for
her and burro will pack the feed TO her She
is to be kept there for milk. The reason a
Galloway has been selected is because it is
thought she has the best lung power Of any Of
the breeds and the thickest jacket to protect
her from the cold.
The More claim. by which man named J. K.
More claimed the whole of the present city of
San Francisco, has just been exploded The
alleged papers containing proof of the grant
were In the hands of a Mrs. Gonzales. This
woman has Just confessed, on her dying bed,
that all the documents were forgeries and every
AFFIDAVIT in the case spurious. Many property
holders had compromised with More.
MACARooNs and taffy are now the toothsome
mediums by which the most nauseous of RENE
dies, cod liver oil. may be taken into the sys-
tenn. A single macaroon or a square of taffy is
made TO contain tablespoonful of oil, but so
completely disguised that children eagerly
swallow the sweets without suspicion, while
their elders gratefully commend this most sue
cessful experiment in the interests of medicine.
SEWARD MITCHELL, Of Palmyra, Me-, was
worth small fortune at one time. He sold his
farm to a man who paid small sum of money
down and gave his word that he would pay the
rest, but never paid. Mr. Mitchell believed it
was wrong to take a note or security when deal
ing with a neighbor. He has a scheme for keep
ing store which shall be left open to all, so
that anybody may take what he wants and
leave in exchange whatever he may think fair
A DULUTH NEWSPAPER, telling of the power of
the magnetic iron ore of that vicinity, says that
the miners have to wear moccasins because
| the ore would draw all the tacks from their
boots; that houses near the mines have to be
| built with wooden pins or bolts, because the
| iron draws the nails; that a wild duck that had
| inadvertently swallowed few hairpins was
| stopped in its flight over the mines, drawn
| earthward, and made prisoner, and that per
| sons with too much iron in their blood are SO
| magnetized that they sleep in a trance.